State College Pennsylvania Law Category: motor vehicle accidents

14 students injured in bus crash, at-fault driver flees May 18, 2017 | firm news, motor vehicle accidents

Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the location of our story today, where a school bus was struck by another vehicle that itself was clipped by a car. A sedan was trying to pass some tractor-trailers that had escort vehicles. The sedan clipped one of the escort vehicles, and that escort swung into oncoming traffic as a result. The escort vehicle collided with the school bus, which rolled over…. READ MORE

Do more accidents occur during finals week? April 07, 2017 | firm news, motor vehicle accidents

Researchers in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University are studying ways to make driving safer using new technologies. Dr. Thomas Ferris, an assistant professor, says “Humans are not very good at problem-solving when the vehicle does something they aren’t expecting, especially when under high stress, high workloads or while multi-tasking.” With finals week approaching, you might want to consider how it… READ MORE